Police in Fort Worth, Texas, are blaming poor lighting after two officers went to the wrong home in search of a possible burglar and ended up shooting a 72-year-old man dead in his garage. The officers, who are both in their first year with Fort Worth PD, were responding to a burglary alarm on May 28 when the tragic mistake occurred.

Due to poor lighting conditions, and officers attempting to arrive on the scene undetected, the cops approached the home of Jerry Waller by mistake, according to an affidavit. The house they were actually supposed to go to was across the street.

Is this the actual title? It says in the title that they shot a Dead Grandfather. While horrible to contemplate, it is not nearly as tragic as what they actually did in shooting an innocent man, a grandfather, dead because they went to the wrong house.

This type of thing happens far too often. Growing up in the late 50s through the 60s, you almost never heard of any such thing. Even the 70s and 80s it was rare. Now it seems to happen all the time.

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